Forget the price. It's perfect. Buyers remorse doesn't even feature after you've worn it just once. It simply does everything that it says on the tin - and then some! The above review is absolutely spot on. I use it for almost everything outdoors. It just never lets you down - it keeps you just warm enough when inactive but it blows away my windstopper softshell (very rarely used now!) when active. The cut, breathability, pockets, etc - all designed to do what you need them to do.
To be brutally honest, it's the best bit of kit that I have ever bought - ever.
as always fit is a matter of oppinion. Though they are well thought out. My VR top sounds awfully similar though and for a third of the price I'm pretty happy with it
Yep, second that. £260 is just totally stupid when you can pick up a RAB VapourRise - and you should, they're classic kit - for 1/4 of that or less. Still, I'm assuming it's the heavy R&D costs Arc'teryx must have which contribute to the price..
Actually the stretch cuffs are one of the best features of this jacket. They give totally bulletproof seal over the gloves and have no breaking parts. Cannot go back to velcro after this.
Also it's quite durable piece of kit. My copper jacket is now totally busted after 6 years of daily use with 100+ climbing/nordic touring/ice climbing days a year. No other jacket has come even close of taking so much abuse.
Also I must mention that the hood version has much longer back that non-hood version.
It's fantastic. It's not waterproof, but it dries on you in a moment even -20c+ if you move. Fe in one 60m ice pitch i got totally soaked in the start and I was totally dry after making the stand 15 minutes later. Also the cut is slim ja you have room for your shoulders.
